MUSCAT: The Ministry of Inside is reviewing candidate submissions for the fourth-term Municipal Council elections after receiving virtual packages from eligible Omani electorate previous this yr.
The ministry accredited candidacy packages from April 5 to 23, 2026, in the course of the authentic Elections portal, whilst applicants have till October 29, 2026, to officially withdraw their packages.
“The exact number of candidates contesting the October 2026 elections is not publicly available because the Ministry of Interior is currently reviewing the submissions. All nominations and subsequent polling are conducted digitally through the official elections.om portal or the Intikhab mobile application,” mentioned Malik al Hinai of the Ministry’s Elections Division.
Within the earlier Municipal Council elections, held in December 2022, 727 applicants contested 126 seats throughout Oman’s wilayats.
Municipal Councils supply Omani electorate with illustration on native problems, together with infrastructure, healthcare, the surroundings and the economic system.
Article (10) of the Municipal Councils Legislation units out the eligibility standards for applicants. They will have to be Omani electorate by way of starting place, no less than 30 years previous on the opening of nominations, and grasp a minimal qualification of a Common Schooling Degree.
The regulation additionally stipulates that applicants will have to no longer were convicted by way of a last judgment of a prison or a criminal offense involving dishonour or breach of agree with, although rehabilitated. They will have to be registered within the electoral roll of the constituency they search to constitute.
Applicants will have to no longer be affiliated with any safety or army entity, be below prison guardianship by way of courtroom order, or be afflicted by a psychological sickness affecting their prison capability.
The regulation additional calls for that applicants will have to no longer be hired by way of any safety or army entity, grasp club within the State Council or the Majlis Ash’shura, or are living or paintings out of doors Oman.
